HRS §414D-281
Rights and duties for foreign corporations already doing business
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a foreign corporation that was already allowed to do business in Hawaii on July 1, 2002, gets the same rights and privileges as a foreign corporation that gets a new certificate of authority. It also has to follow the same rules, limits, and duties as those corporations.
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The statute, as written — Application to corporations heretofore authorized to transact business in this State
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
A foreign corporation that is duly authorized to transact business in this State on July 1, 2002, for a purpose or purposes for which a corporation might secure the authority under this chapter, shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges applicable to foreign corporations procuring certificates of authority to transact business in this State under this chapter, and from July 1, 2002, the corporation shall be subject to all of the limitations, restrictions, liabilities, and duties prescribed herein for foreign corporations procuring certificates of authority to transact business in this State under this chapter.
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